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Philippines: NGOs argue case alleging companies' responsibility for climate change and human rights impacts before the Commission on Human Rights
Author: Hasminah Dimaporo Paudac, OpenGlobalRights
"Toppling modern-day Goliaths in the fight against climate polluters," 15 July 2020...
- Related stories: Philippines Commission on Human Rights reveals at COP 25 world's most polluting companies can be sued for contributions to global warming
- Related in-depth areas: Climate change litigation Latest Legal News
- Related companies: BP Chevron ExxonMobil Royal Dutch Shell (Shell)
NGO and corporate members of the Voluntary Principles Initiative urge for respect of human rights in public security organizations
In July 2020, corporate and NGO members of the Voluntary Principles Initiative released a Joint Statement on Policing and Respect for Human Rights. Following weeks of demonstrations around the world condemning police brutality and systemic racism...
OECD complaint against BP over 'misleading' ad campaign sets precedent for action on corporate greenwashing, lawyers say
USA: Government files lawsuit against oil companies for misleading consumers regarding their role in climate change
Author: Valerie Volcovici, Reuters
"District of Columbia sues four oil majors for misleading consumers on climate change" 25 Jun 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News
- Related companies: American Petroleum Institute BP ExxonMobil Koch Industries
Author: IHRB
"Respetando Los Derechos Humanos En El Tiempo De La Pandemia Del COVID-19", 17 de abril de 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Brote de COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Brote de COVID-19 (Coronavirus): respuesta gubernamental y de las empresas
- Related companies: BP Daewoo Group ExxonMobil Sime Darby
Colombia: NGOs submit report on patters of business conduct during the conflict to the Truth Commission
The Colombian NGO Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR) submitted a report on patterns of business conduct during the internal armed conflict to provide the Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non...
UK: Almost 200 CEOs sign letter to Boris Johnson, calling on govt. to deliver a green recovery plan in the wake of COVID-19
Author: Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian
“Top business leaders call on Boris Johnson to set out green recovery plan”, 1 June 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Government & business response
- Related companies: Aviva BP British Airports Authority (now Heathrow Airport Holdings) HSBC Lloyds Group National Grid
Fossil fuel companies get included in COVID-19 stimulus packages & are lobbying for suspension of environmental laws, as crack-down on activists & workers continues
Author: Open Democracy
"DemocracyWatch: journalists and dissidents arrested in COVID crackdowns", 22 Apr 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Government & business response COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Human rights defenders & civic freedoms
- Related companies: BP Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) Total
USA: Ten years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, advocates highlight long-term health, environmental & economic impacts
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began after an explosion on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico. It is considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and one of the largest...